Fitting for eyeglasses or spectacles.



no. 674,448. Patented May '21, |90|.

H P. MOEWS. FITTING FOB EYEGLASSES OB SPEGTACLES.

(Application filed Aug. 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

' Inventor -Pa,u// M06606 UNITED STATES PAUL MOEWS, or DETROIT, MICHIGANQASSIYGINOR TO THE OPTICAL COMPANY, on SAME PLACE.

PATENT OFFICE.

MICHIGAN FITTING FOR EYEG LASJSIES OR SPECTA'CLES.

srnomicn'n'on formingpart of Letters Patent No. 674,448, dated May 21, 1901.

Application filed August 27, 1900- Seriel No, 28.190. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern: I Be it known that 1, PAUL MOEWs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in

the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fittings for Eyeglasses or Spectacles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the-accom panying drawings.

The invention relates to frameless eyeglasses, and more particularly to the fitting employed forattaching the lens to the bridge.

It is the object of the invention to obtain a simple construction of fitting which may be formed from a single piece of sheet metal; further, to prevent danger of breaking-the lens in securing the fitting thereto, and, further to provide means of attachment to lenses of varying thickness.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the fitting in which one of the ears for embracing the lens is attached to the body of the fitting by a connection which in turn forms an edge brace for the lens, there-- by dispensing with an extra part and at the same time securing a flexible connection for the ear.

The invention f urtherconsists in the pecul- 'iar construction of said fitting from the Sim gle sheet-metal blank, and, further, in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed. r

.In the drawings, Figure 1 shows an elevation of a portion of aspectacle-frame in which the fitting is used. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fitting detached. Fig. 4 is a plan of the blank of which the fitting is formed. Fig. 5 isa.

cross-section of line a; a; of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing a modification.

Although I have shown my invention as applied to a spectacle-frame, it is obvious that it is equally applicable to other frames of eyeglasses.

As shown in the drawings, A designates the bridge of a frame, B one of the lenses, and O the fitting for securing the lens to the bridge. This fitting is preferably formed from a sheet-metal blank, as shown in Fig.

4, having a body portion a and the ears b and c, the latter ear being connected to the body bylthe narrow strip d. -When-completely 4 formed, the ear b is bent at right angles to the body portion a and the strip d is bent frame, according to the particular construction of the latter. When thus secured, the fitting 0 forms a clip for attaching the lens, the-ear 17 passing on one side thereof and the ear 0 on the opposite side, while the screw f, passing th rongh said ears and a correspondingaperture in the lens, serves to clamp the parts together. The ear I) being rigid is preferably placed on the inner face of the lens in order to hold said facefla fixed distance from the eye, while the ear 0, being carried by the flexible loop, is freeto adjust itself to varying thicknesses of lens. In order to pre vent breakage of the lens, I preferably coat theinner faces of the ears a and b witha lining ofsoft metal which is sufficiently yielding in its nature to permit of forming a true bearing on the-lens when the ears are clamped by the screw. This will distribute the pressure upon the glass, and consequently avoid fracture.

In Fig. 6 is shown a modification in which the ear 0' is attached to the body by a double loop cl d, which loops form the opposite edge braces f0r. the lens.

The construction-of fitting above described is exceedingly simple and inexpensive to manufacture. Moreover, the placing of the loop (1 adjacent to the edge of the lens is a 'much more compact and neater arrangement than constructions heretofore made.

What I claim as my invention is 1,: In spectacles or eyeglasses, the combination of the lens, and a fitting-therefor comprising a body portion, an ear secured to the lens, and a connection between the body and ear projecting from one side of the body a IOO the'edge H considerable distance in substantially the plane of the lens and bearing against of the latter forming the lens-brace.

2. In spectacles or eyeglasses, the combination ofthe lens, and a fitting; therefor, comprising a body portion, an ear secured to the lens, and a flexible connection between the body and ear'extending from the former in substantially the plane of the lens and hearing against the edge of the latter at one side of the body, forming a lens-braee.- '3. Inspectaeles or eyeglasses, the combination of a lens, and a fitting therefor eompris-. ing a body portion, an ear secured tothe lens,-

tion of a lens, and a fitting therefor constructed from a single blank of sheet metal, comprising a body portion and laterally-extend- 1 ing ear, a narrow flexible strip connected at one end to the body and bent to form an elongated loop projecting at some distance from said body in the plane of the lens and curved to conform to the lens edge, and a second ear, carried by the free end of the loop, lying in a plane parallel to the other ear.

' In testiniony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL MOEWS,

Witnesses:

- P. M. HULBERT,

H. C. SMITH. 

